blissblogger
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no, not the record companies themselves, i'm talking about the circular bit of paper in the middle of the record!
just a few to get started:
moving shadow (at least early; not sure what it looks like now)
for some reason i'm attracted to the yellow RCA labels of the early Seventies
also the RCA Red Seal labels, same design but, you guessed it, red
Polydor 7 inch singles -- the Jam and the Banshees and such -- used to be not paper but made of this sort of matt-toned chrome-like plastic -- if 'polydor' was a substance, that's what the labels looked like they were made of. and if i recall right, the text wasn't printed so much as kind of engraved in it. i might be imagining that actually. The effect was cool though.
the Virgin labels -- both the signature and the siamese virgin twins, but especially the latter -- perfect congruity between design and music at that point
just a few to get started:
moving shadow (at least early; not sure what it looks like now)
for some reason i'm attracted to the yellow RCA labels of the early Seventies
also the RCA Red Seal labels, same design but, you guessed it, red
Polydor 7 inch singles -- the Jam and the Banshees and such -- used to be not paper but made of this sort of matt-toned chrome-like plastic -- if 'polydor' was a substance, that's what the labels looked like they were made of. and if i recall right, the text wasn't printed so much as kind of engraved in it. i might be imagining that actually. The effect was cool though.
the Virgin labels -- both the signature and the siamese virgin twins, but especially the latter -- perfect congruity between design and music at that point